Vista will only boot up in safe mode

I went ahead and marked your post as the Verified answer. You are correct that having two partitions marked as active is not right. I know you can do so using a linux fdisk when you set a particular partition as active, fdisk is supposed to clear the active flag on all other partitions. None of the Windows Safe Boot F8 options would work. Browse Community. Windows General. Turn on suggestions. Auto-suggest helps you quickly narrow down your search results by suggesting possible matches as you type.

Showing results for. Search instead for. Did you mean:. Last reply by jchall Solved. Erin 2 Bronze. Vista won't start-even in safe mode- HELP. I have windows vista on a dell desktop.

I have started to experience a problem. It then gives a option to start in safe mode or in normal mode. If I select normal mode the computer will just restart and I am back where I started. If I select safe mode it goes to a blue screen that reads as the same error that the software or hardware is damaged. The answer to your troubles may be closer to hand than you think. In this case, a little DIY can save your data and your dollars, so read on. This PCSTATS Guide is designed to provide the average computer user with the tools to repair his or her Vista operating system and access files in an emergency, using almost nothing but Windows Vista's own inbuilt tools and utilities.

All of this is done through the most useful of all these tools, the Windows Safe Mode option. Windows Vista, like all recent Microsoft operating systems, includes a 'safe mode' boot option. Safe mode is a method of loading the operating system stripped down to the bare core of functionality, without the various extra graphical options, startup software and functionality of a full Vista boot.

Most software will not work in the Vista safe-mode, which is precisely why this option is so useful when troubleshooting a crashed computer. Table of Contents. Thank you. RSS Newsletter. Beginners Guides Cases and Access. Then press the OK button and then the OK button again. Windows will now prompt if you would like to reboot. Press the Yes button and machine can boot into normal mode now. Open administrative command prompt to run above bcdedit command.

For detailed command and option information at the command prompt, type bcdedit. Skip to main content. This browser is no longer supported.